For access to the Optima MAX-XP Ultracentrifuge, please contact:
This instrument was purchased in 2025 through the Programme Johannes Amos Comenius – Renewal and modernization of the national infrastructure for translational medicine EATRIS-CZ (registration number CZ.02.01.01/00/23_015/0008208).
Specifications:
- Max. speed 150,000 rpm with fixed-angle rotor
- Max. relative centrifugal force (RCF) 1,019,000 ×g with fixed-angle rotor
- Input and display of rpm or RCF after rotor selection
- Automatic rpm/RCF conversion
- Max. capacity of fixed-angle rotor: 6 × 29.9 ml
- Max. capacity of swinging-bucket rotor: 4 × 5.0 ml
- Centrifuge tube volume range: 0.2 – 29.9 ml
- Temperature setting from 0 °C to +40 °C in 1 °C increments
- Peltier-based cooling system
- Timer setting: 1 min to 99:59 h:min
- “Hold” (continuous run), “Short run”, or ω²t modes
- Unlimited storage of user programs with up to 5 steps
- Unlimited user accounts protected by PIN
- 10/11 acceleration/deceleration levels for the rotor
- Rotor imbalance detection
- Automatic rotor identification
- Rotor chamber evacuated using a series of diffusion and mechanical oil pumps
- Digital display of current vacuum level
- Achieves vacuum <1.34 Pa
- USB 2.0 connectivity for data export
- RJ-45 Ethernet connectivity for LAN integration
- Remote monitoring and control from a PC
- Noise level at maximum speed <47 dBA
- Weight: 105 kg
- Dimensions (W × D × H): 74 × 62 × 40 cm
- Power supply: single-phase, 220–240 V, 16 A, 50 Hz (standard outlet)
Rotor TLA-100.3
- Fixed-angle titanium rotor
- Max. capacity: 6 × 3.5 ml
- Max. RCF: 541,000 ×g at 100,000 rpm
- Cavity dimensions: 13 × 51 mm
